Rebus Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Wow! I think 'Mrs Rebus' might have something to say about me purchasing that . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 When I was in Letchworth, and dating my now wife, I showed her and her dad Jupiter etc through that scope. <grin> he became so absorbed that we didnt realise the time, and when we came in he was freezing cold and turning gently blue!Still, she forgave me and married me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser_jock99 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I agree that it's hardly a huge amount of money for all the components.I imagine the problem from the point of view of selling it is that these days relatively few houses actually have a garden big enough to house it and an observatory large enough for it. I suspect the set of people who satisfy the criteria:a) interested in astronomy have space for itc) want an EQ-mounted telescope this bigd) have an obsy big enough, or somewhere to store it whilst they build onee) have the spare cash to buy it, plus the cost of the obsy if requiredf) have the means to move itg) won't have to face a divorce as a result of buying itis quite small.JamesI'm okay on points a-f only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc-c Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Met up with Kev on Wednesday and he pointed this out to me... God I remember him commissioning Phil Stone to build it. To be honest you would expect to pay over that asking price for the mirror set alone... This is one serious bit of kit and it shows just how well these were put together... 20 years on and it still looks as good as the day Phil and his team installed it.... If only my observatory was bigger and I had a few grand going spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSMANMARK Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 wow i wish i had somewhere to put it............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundaplanet Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 75 minutes left and still no bids. Will be interesting to watch. What a fine thing it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundaplanet Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Someone has got themselves a good set up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Here you go, when it was new in my back garden down south many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lguise Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Kev,Now I can see how the guidescope was mounted! The new owner has a great piece of kit. I will ask him if he is an SGL member.All the best,Linton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Do me a favour and let me know who it is, and also kindly give him my email address. Id just like to know where it goes through time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjrTom Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow thats some impressive kit, someone is going to have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow thats some impressive kit, someone is going to have fun Not in this cloud we have here . Not that I have it. A Nagler 12T4 is quite a cloud magnet. Just imagine the clouds attracted to this scope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank the Troll Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 That should make someone very happy, lucky sod lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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